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150.183 Importing, transporting or possessing endangered species of
wildlife.
(1)
(2)
(3)
No person shall import, transport, possess for resale or sell any endangered
species of wildlife, the hides, skins, or other parts thereof, or any article made
in whole or in part from the skin, hide, or other parts of any species of wildlife
designated as an endangered species by regulation promulgated by the
Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources except as provided in subsection
(3) of this section. As used in this section, the term "endangered species"
means any species of wildlife seriously threatened with worldwide extinction or
in danger of being extirpated from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The regulation or regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (1) of this
section shall include, but not be limited to, all species of wildlife designated as
endangered species by the United States Secretary of the Interior on January
1, 1973.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources may permit, under such terms
and conditions as it may prescribe, the importation, transportation, possession,
or sale of any species of wildlife otherwise prohibited pursuant to this section
for zoological, educational, or scientific purposes, and for the propagation of
such wildlife in captivity for preservation purposes except as otherwise
prohibited by law.
Effective:July 15, 1986
History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 265 Ky. Acts ch. 8, effective July 15, 1986. -Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 35, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created
1972 Ky. Acts ch. 40 secs. 1(1) to (3), effective January 1, 1973.
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